Responding to what it was like growing up for him, this is what he had to say;
"I
lived in the barracks and it was fun. Some people might see the
barracks as squalid, malignant and rough but it was my life. I loved it.
From a barracks at Jos to Ikeja Military Cantonment; I loved it. I am a
barracks boy and I am 100 per cent proud of that. I lived among
Nigerians from different tribes. It gave me a lot of perspectives and
insight into a lot of people’s lives.
"As a kid I was rough. I was stubborn and sometimes, I was a bully.
"I
did things that were big and bad enough to do. I was a gang leader in
many ways and my friends always listened to me. I told my friends things
because I was the one who listened to the radio the most, so they
believed me. Once, I told them that Babangida had intentions of becoming
a Field Marshal and I can remember all my friends saying all kinds of
things. Then I went home and my father explained to me that what he was
saying was that he had no intention of becoming a Field Marshal and I
went back to my friends to tell them what I just learnt and they still
believed.
"I was that kind of kid. I was influencial and I was outgoing and outspoken.
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